SCHOOL CENTENARY

Mater Dei Institution, the second oldest English medium school in Goa, founded by the late Principal Anacleto F.X. lobo, held the inauguration of its Centenary Celebrations on the 12th of July 2009. Information on the web site in the Centenary year will give you an idea of some major events, which are going to help make it a memorable year of reflection and celebration.

The school history section of our web site will evolve into an archive of photos and information. If you are a past student and would like something posted (e.g. old photos or text or contact information for past school mates) please contact us and we’ll see what we can do.

The Centenary Celebrations of Mater Dei Institution, Saligao, the second oldest English medium school in Goa, kicked off to a flying start on the 11th July’09 the eve of the anniversary of the Foundation Day.

A Eucharistic Celebration at the Saligao Church at 5:30 p.m. was attended in large numbers by the school students, ex-alumni, parents and well-wishers. The Service ended with the mellifluous rendering of Bach’s ‘Ave Maria’ on the violinby 8 year- old Gloria Deshmukh, a student of the school, and the school choir singing the school hymn.

This was followed by a Marche aux Flambeaux in the tradition of the school, with the school students carry- ing blue and white lanterns, the colours of the school, in a procession from the church to the school, singing to the accompaniment of a brass band, and finally culminating on the school campus where the Police Band was in attendance. The illumination of the school , the lusty singing of the school anthem and cheers, a burst of crackers and a fireworks displayheralded the Centenary Celebrations.